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Hello BYC.
I'm new but have been reading here for a while now.
I just got into raising poultry so I'm still new to this.
So about 3 or 4 months ago I got 7 baby quail from a breeder near by.
They were only a few days old. When they became adults the were moved from their indoor brooder to a large enclosure outside.
It's been weeks since they have been moved, and nothing! I thought I may have been very unlucky and only gotten males so I got some gloves and flipped them over and had a look. I had two males and five females so I thought I would just wait for nature to take its course.
Since then I have had two deaths!
One, the biggest male one day seemed a little down, not moving just sitting there with his feathers fluffed up.
I checked on him 10 minutes later and we was dead. Same sort of thing happened to the other.
I don't know where I'm going wrong, any guidance would be great. I don't want to keep them little guys if I can't take good care of them.
Ok here is what there eating. There on starter (which is 20% protein) and a poultry tonic.
I live in Ireland and it's summer so it's nice and warm. They also have a nice nesting box.
Could they maybe not have enough light? There enclosure is beside some tree and a little in the shade.
What could it be?
Thanks in advance.
I'm new but have been reading here for a while now.
I just got into raising poultry so I'm still new to this.
So about 3 or 4 months ago I got 7 baby quail from a breeder near by.
They were only a few days old. When they became adults the were moved from their indoor brooder to a large enclosure outside.
It's been weeks since they have been moved, and nothing! I thought I may have been very unlucky and only gotten males so I got some gloves and flipped them over and had a look. I had two males and five females so I thought I would just wait for nature to take its course.
Since then I have had two deaths!
One, the biggest male one day seemed a little down, not moving just sitting there with his feathers fluffed up.
I checked on him 10 minutes later and we was dead. Same sort of thing happened to the other.
I don't know where I'm going wrong, any guidance would be great. I don't want to keep them little guys if I can't take good care of them.
Ok here is what there eating. There on starter (which is 20% protein) and a poultry tonic.
I live in Ireland and it's summer so it's nice and warm. They also have a nice nesting box.
Could they maybe not have enough light? There enclosure is beside some tree and a little in the shade.
What could it be?
Thanks in advance.